Frank Lopez

Frank Lopez (1927-1980) was a Cuban-American businessman and drug lord. He was the boss of the powerful Lopez Cartel of Miami, Florida, and he was killed by his former protege Tony Montana in 1980 after attempting to have Montana murdered.

Biography
Frank Lopez was born in Cuba in 1927, the son of Sephardic Jewish parents. His brother was tortured to death by communist official Emilio Rebenga, and Frank himself was forced to go into exile in the United States following the Cuban Revolution. He settled in Miami, Florida, where he made a fortune from the cocaine business. Lopez became the owner of a Little League baseball team and Lopez Motors, setting up several legitimate businesses for himself. Lopez would also have a trophy girlfriend, Elvira Hancock.

Fall from power
In 1980, Lopez brought Tony Montana and Manny Ribera into his organization after they made it out of a drug deal gone-wrong with the Colombian drug lord Hector the Toad, securing both their cash and the Colombians' cocaine. Lopez sent Montana with his right-hand man Omar Suarez to meet with drug lord Alejandro Sosa in Bolivia to discuss a cocaine smuggling venture, and Sosa had Suarez executed for formerly being a police informant, and made Montana into a business partner of his. Soon, Lopez began to exercise less and less control over Montana, who began to make moves by himself. Lopez sent corrupt cop Mel Bernstein to extort Montana, and he also sent hitmen to kill Montana at the Babylon Club. However, Montana survived the hit and, convinced that Lopez had ordered his death, confronted Lopez and Bernstein at Lopez Motors. There, a wounded Montana pointed a gun at Lopez, who cowardly admitted his guilt and begged for his life in exchange for millions of dollars and his girlfriend. Montana said that he would not kill Lopez, but he instead sent Ribera to execute Lopez with a single shot to the head with a silenced pistol.